Orlando boss, Ed Milam, was found brutally murdered in a Kissimmee swamp. We examine his life and death.
Crime
Gangland Life and Murder of Ed Milam
Polk County Sheriff ousted in gambling crackdown
Crime bosses installed Frank Williams as Polk County sheriff in exchange for an unmolsted bolita monopoly.
Florida’s Lottery started as the Cuban game of Bolita
The modern-day lottery in Florida has a surprising origin story. Its roots lie not in the halls of government but in the bustling streets of Havana, Cuba. Around 1890, a game called Bolita, meaning "little ball," crossed the Florida Straits...
Murder at Maison & Jardin and Sleepy Hill Farm in Altamonte Springs
Robert Henry and Verna Fluent Walsh left Chicago and moved to Altamonte Springs around 1925. They purchased an estate of about 24 acres along Wymore Road, just south of the Spring Valley subdivision and fronting the eastern shore of Spring...
Pioneer Justice: How to make a thief talk
John Collier, Jr. knew he had found the thief. Now he just had to extract the truth from Perry Sellers.
Mysterious Bombing at Bank of Oviedo
The village of Oviedo was rocked by a 1929 attack perpetrated by apparent burglars… or was there another motive?
The Pioneer Life and Murder of Dempsey Dubois Crews, Jr.
The well-known cowboy came to frontier Zolfo Springs as a boy and later founded the town of Crewsville. Then his life was needlessly cut short in a dispute over hogs.